Reincarnated as the Chongzhen Emperor, Zhu Youjian opens his eyes to the mess of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign! The Donglin faction controls the court, the Jianzhou Jurchens loom threateningly, and the imperial treasury is so poor it barely has a coin to its name. Just as Wei Zhongxian is about to be exiled to Fengyang, Zhu Youjian issues a secret decree to recall this vicious hound of a blade. On the surface, he is condemned by every official for reappointing a treacherous eunuch; in reality, he intends to use the eunuch faction's blade to cut down the empire's true parasites.